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http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/img/thetimes144.gifBritain is booming, let’s not change directionTue, 31 Mar 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-03-31T09:56:50ZOver four decades in business, I’ve seen our economy go through ups, downs,
booms, busts, strikes, slumps and malaise, but...Factory slump hints at darker ‘new normal’Wed, 25 Mar 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-03-24T09:56:36ZChinese factory activity dipped sharply in March, reigniting concerns that the “new normal” for business conditions in the world’s second-biggest...Britain is playing its cards right with Beijing as the bankerWed, 18 Mar 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-03-18T10:12:35ZThe hissy fit that US officials threw last week over Britain’s decision to join the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)...Pet project that sells chopsticks to ChinaSat, 07 Mar 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-03-06T10:49:16ZSelling coals to Newcastle may be the stuff of entrepreneurs’ dreams, but one British company has managed to master the...Chinese tourists to spend $50bn on foreign tripsTue, 03 Mar 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-03-02T10:59:15ZRising household incomes in China are set to transform the global tourism
industry over the next decade as tens of...China slowdown prompts deflation fearsWed, 11 Feb 2015 00:01:10 GMT2015-02-10T11:50:16ZThe Chinese economy lurched closer to deflation in January, as the rate of
consumer price rises fell to depths last...Slower is new normal for China’s factoriesTue, 03 Feb 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-02-03T01:44:09ZInvestors are girding themselves for an extended decline in Chinese industrial activity after unexpectedly downbeat readings of the country’s manufacturing...Shanghai become first Chinese city to drop GDP targetTue, 27 Jan 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-01-26T10:39:28ZShanghai has become China’s first big local government to ditch the formal economic growth target from its annual work report...China inflation figures stoke fears over economyFri, 09 Jan 2015 13:20:20 GMT2015-01-10T12:16:49ZChinese consumer inflation and factory gate prices remained heavily suppressed
last month, stoking fears that the country’s debt-laden economy may...China pledges $250bn for Latin AmericaFri, 09 Jan 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-01-09T12:42:34ZChina has begun an unprecedented economic charm offensive in Latin America, pledging to raise its direct investment to $250 billion...Chinese service sector offers hope for new yearWed, 07 Jan 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-01-07T12:48:19ZChina’s services sector grew strongly in December, offsetting a dismal recent serving of data from elsewhere in the economy that...China’s services sector hits three-month highTue, 06 Jan 2015 13:41:58 GMT2015-01-06T01:53:08ZChina’s services sector grew strongly in December, offsetting recent data
from elsewhere in the economy that has added to expectations...Nanjing party boss held over ‘corruption’Tue, 06 Jan 2015 00:01:00 GMT2015-01-06T12:55:05ZA little more than a year ago Yang Weize, the boss of the Chinese Communist Party in Nanjing, likened the ousting...Beijing pays high price for clearing the airSat, 13 Dec 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-12-14T11:17:13ZA bit of blue-sky thinking helped to push growth in China’s vast manufacturing
sector lower in November, adding to evidence that...China and euro fears spark global sell-offWed, 10 Dec 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-12-10T01:13:58ZGlobal markets were caught in a worldwide sell-off yesterday amid concerns about slowing Chinese growth and the threat of a...China’s share rollercoaster takes a sharp diveWed, 10 Dec 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-12-10T01:12:24ZShanghai shares suffered their biggest one-day battering for five years on Tuesday, horrifying a generation of more than a million...Fears over Chinese slowdown after trade data disappointsMon, 08 Dec 2014 13:12:40 GMT2014-12-08T03:21:18ZThe threats to Chinese growth were brought into sharp focus on Monday after
exports suffered eye-catchingly heavy declines and government...China cuts interest rates to rev up slowing economyFri, 21 Nov 2014 12:55:31 GMT2014-11-21T11:35:50ZChina’s central bank cut benchmark interest rates on Friday, answering rising
concerns over the health of the world’s second biggest...China shows more signs of weaknessFri, 14 Nov 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-11-14T12:02:37ZWeak factory and investment figures from China have prompted fresh fears about slowing growth in the world’s second-largest economy.
Economists...Grim economic data raises slowdown fears in ChinaMon, 03 Nov 2014 10:35:54 GMT2014-11-04T02:39:58ZFaltering home prices and a slowdown in new factory orders have cast fresh
doubts on the health of China and...China’s new bridge to North Korea left with nowhere to goMon, 27 Oct 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-10-27T12:31:04ZThe opening of a spectacular new road bridge intended to transform trade between China and North Korea has been postponed...China in numbers: fancy a bet? It’s odds-on that you will be arrestedTue, 14 Oct 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-10-13T08:58:24Z7,162. . . is the number of Chinese officials who are said to have been
punished for “offences related to...Purveyors of luxury lose their cool in Hong KongTue, 14 Oct 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-10-14T10:45:27ZIt was an east-meets-west fusion of the most glittering type.The cream of Hong
Kong’s A-list — platinum-selling Cantonese pop singers...Boost for markets as Chinese factories up the paceWed, 24 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-23T10:38:23ZCopper prices followed Chinese equities higher yesterday after a preliminary report on factory activity nudged upwards, easing fears that the...China in numbers: do not confuse rush to float with proof of a buoyant marketTue, 23 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-22T10:56:27Z12 . . . is the number of companies that plan to list their shares this week on China’s two...People’s Bank finds £50bn to keep the economy on courseThu, 18 Sep 2014 00:01:52 GMT2014-09-17T10:22:57ZMarkets in Hong Kong and Shanghai surged yesterday as investors bet that the
People’s Bank of China had “blinked” over...Miners face losses after China ban on ‘dirty’ coalWed, 17 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-17T01:08:47ZThe global mining industry risks losing sales worth billions of dollars after China banned imports of the dirtiest coal from...Ma’s challenge to old guard puts the country that Deng built at a new historic crossroadsTue, 16 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-16T01:29:28Z48 . . . is the number of episodes in a new Chinese docu-drama covering
nine critical years in the...Analysts fear long-term downturn in ChinaMon, 15 Sep 2014 14:54:00 GMT2014-09-16T01:21:40ZOil traders in Asia are predicting weeks of turmoil as analysts cut their GDP
growth forecasts for China and the...Oil price hits 17-month low as China slowsFri, 12 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-12T02:34:57ZChina’s lowest growth in oil consumption since 2008 has led to what the
International Energy Agency described as a “remarkable”...The rise and rise of chairman MaWed, 10 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-10T10:16:01ZFrom the shimmering hubs of Shanghai to the shoddiest backwaters of Anhui and
Gansu, the airport kiosks of China have...Imports slide as China’s house building boom hits the buffersTue, 09 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-08T10:29:14ZChina’s trade surplus surged to a record $49.8 billion last month as rising exports were offset by the dimming fortunes...Pace of growth slows in ChinaTue, 02 Sep 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-09-01T11:58:32ZThe rise in activity in China’s manufacturing sector stumbled from a two-year
high last month as fiscal support from Beijing...China’s assault on corruption is a way of limiting corporate influenceFri, 29 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-29T12:30:42ZChina, as we know, has its problems. The air is toxic, the water is poisonous
and the longer President Xi...China’s factory sector hits a three-month lowFri, 22 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-22T12:24:44ZFears over a loss of momentum within the world’s second largest economy
heightened yesterday after growth in China’s vast factory...Amazon to move into China’s free trade zoneFri, 22 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-21T10:14:27ZAmazon is setting up operations within a new free-trade zone in Shanghai in a signal by the American online retailer...Alibaba’s huge float called into question by accounting issuesSat, 16 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-15T11:59:39ZA shadow has emerged over what is expected to be one of the biggest flotations
in history after Alibaba, the giant...New Zealand row over farm sales to ChinaMon, 11 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-11T09:59:10ZThe sale of a New Zealand sheep station to Chinese interests has aroused deep
nationalistic sentiments that threaten to overwhelm...Farmers follow the herd in rush for pastures newMon, 11 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-12T12:16:31ZLong the butt of jokes for the ten sheep it once had for every citizen, New
Zealand has undergone a...British private detective jailed in China over GSK bribery scandalSat, 09 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-12T03:31:06ZA British private investigator embroiled in a bribery scandal at GlaxoSmithKline in China has been jailed for two and a half...Mystery of customs chief’s death in China metal fraud cityFri, 08 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-08T12:44:02ZPolice are investigating the mysterious death of the deputy commissioner of customs in Qingdao, the Chinese port city at the...China bans government workers from using Apple productsThu, 07 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-06T11:54:13ZTension between the Chinese authorities and US technology companies has grown after it was revealed that government employees in the...China’s property mania goes from boom to bustMon, 04 Aug 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-08-04T12:15:22ZChinese cities that were recently battling to prevent property price bubbles
are now scrambling to loosen up the market as...Beijing gets tough on party officials who go privateMon, 28 Jul 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-07-28T12:37:38ZChina’s intensifying anti-corruption campaign has turned its guns on the people who link government and business, forcing nearly 230 senior...Asia bursts into life as China’s factories show sign of revivalFri, 25 Jul 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-07-25T01:13:33ZA surprisingly loud roar of activity in China’s factory heartlands unleashed a wave of euphoria across Asian commodity markets on Wednesday...Hong Kong equity firm has designs on Cath KidstonWed, 23 Jul 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-07-22T11:48:57ZA Hong Kong private equity firm has snapped up a substantial stake in Cath Kidston with ambitions to expand the company’s...A night in the cells for investors ‘cheated’ by Chinese bankThu, 17 Jul 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-07-16T06:13:40ZPolice in Sichuan province yesterday swooped on a group of 30 investors protesting against the “deception” of China’s largest bank...Markets pick up as China escapes a hard landingWed, 16 Jul 2014 06:33:00 GMT2014-07-16T06:07:17ZChina’s GDP growth rate rose slightly in the second quarter of the year,
relieving market fears that the world’s second-biggest...Standard Bank admits $170m aluminium may be lost in China scandalFri, 11 Jul 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-07-10T06:40:15ZStandard Bank admitted yesterday that it had a $170 million exposure to China’s “missing metals” trading scandal — an imbroglio...China’s banks on alert over illegal dealsFri, 11 Jul 2014 00:01:00 GMT2014-07-11T01:09:26ZAn unprecedented public spat between China’s state broadcaster and one of the “big five” state-owned banks has triggered speculation that...